A day after he was fined $30 million by the NBA for salary cap circumvention involving Kawhi Leonard and his LA Clippers disclosed the team had paid $50 million in legal fees, team owner Steve Ballmer ...

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The death penalty doesn't exist in basketball, but the Los Angeles Clippers came about as close to it as any NBA team ever has. On Wednesday, the league stripped the Clippers of five first-round picks ...

The bill from the NBA's investigation has come due, and the Clippers now have to build a future out of what is left on the table. Roundtable Sports ‘We Want Out’ — Bill Simmons Demands Clippers ...

The NBA issued stiff penalties for the Los Angeles Clippers, team owner Steve Ballmer and their former star forward Kawhi Leonard on Wednesday, Sept. 2, after an 11-month investigation found they ...

The NBA came down hard on the Los Angeles Clippers for violating salary cap circumvention rules. The league announced significant penalties and fines for the Clippers organization, owner Steve Ballmer ...

The NBA stripped five first-round draft picks from the Los Angeles Clippers, fined owner Steve Ballmer $30 million and suspended key executives after a yearlong investigation found that the team ...

The Clippers received a host of stiff penalties on Wednesday after the NBA’s investigation of the franchise for salary cap circumvention involving Kawhi Leonard. One of the biggest winners from the ...

The NBA imposed a sweeping punishment against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday for violating salary cap circumvention rules, suspending owner Steve Ballmer for one year and forcing the team to ...

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was suspended for one year as a result of the league's investigation of into alleged salary-cap circumvention. Sean M. Haffey / Getty Images LOS ANGELES — The LA Clippers ...

With less than two months before the start of the NBA season, the Kawhi Leonard saga has yet to be finalized. The cap circumvention investigation is about to reach its one-year anniversary. Even ...

The writing was on the wall for restricted free agent Bennedict Mathurin when the LA Clippers drafted Keaton Wagler, traded for Max Strus, and re-signed Bradley Beal this summer. The abundance of ...